Elena Heieck joined Sourisseaux as a Consultant in 2023. After completing her degree in Psychology in the Netherlands, she joined GIZ's global psychosocial support team, concentrating on staff training, development, and psychosocial support. Later, she pursued a Master's degree in Mental Health and Clinical Psychology in London. She started specialising on surf therapy, first coordinating a project in a UK-wide charity, then serving as Head of Operations for a Portuguese charity. In both roles she was taken with overseeing recruitment, training, and management. Currently, Elena runs her own mindful surfing project "Currents and Swells" in Portugal, offering stress management, resilience training, team assessment and team building, leadership development and coaching, and surf therapy services.